Iowa bets on cloud and MSPs to overhaul state IT and slash costs
TL;DR
Iowa will move executive-branch data from dozens of on‑premise data centers to a centralized cloud with AWS, while Cognizant Government Solutions will run daily IT operations—an MSP model expected to save more than $525 million over 10 years and boost security, reliability, and scalability for state IT.
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- Gov. Reynolds announces partnership with Amazon Web Services and Cognizant Government Solutions to transform state’s IT systems and operations Governor Kim Reynolds (.gov)
- Iowa to lay off 200 state workers as it privatizes IT management The Des Moines Register
- Iowa IT layoffs affect more than 200 state workers KCCI
- Iowa to migrate state data to cloud with Amazon Web Services KCRG
- Gov. Reynolds announces overhaul of Iowa's IT system and data storage KGAN
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